belasten

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch belasten. Equivalent to last + be- -en.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈlɑstə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: be‧las‧ten
  • Rhymes: -ɑstən

Verb

belasten

  1. (transitive) to burden, to encumber
  2. (transitive) to charge (e.g. taxes), to tax or levy
  3. (transitive) to charge, to order, to invest [+ met (with)]
  4. (transitive) to incriminate, to charge

Inflection

Conjugation of belasten (weak, prefixed)
infinitive belasten
past singular belastte
past participle belast
infinitive belasten
gerund belasten n
present tense past tense
1st person singular belastbelastte
2nd person sing. (jij) belastbelastte
2nd person sing. (u) belastbelastte
2nd person sing. (gij) belastbelastte
3rd person singular belastbelastte
plural belastenbelastten
subjunctive sing.1 belastebelastte
subjunctive plur.1 belastenbelastten
imperative sing. belast
imperative plur.1 belast
participles belastendbelast
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Negerhollands: belast

German

Etymology

be- + Last + -en

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈlastən/, [bəˈlastn̩]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: be‧las‧ten

Verb

belasten (weak, third-person singular present belastet, past tense belastete, past participle belastet, auxiliary haben)

  1. to burden
  2. to incriminate
  3. (banking, of bank accounts) to debit, to charge

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • belasten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • belasten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • belasten” in Duden online
  • belasten” in OpenThesaurus.de
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